New Stars 2014

Challenge

MB is the leader in the luxury car market in Thailand, but it's
still perceived as being a brand for 'older people who have already
achieved success'

With a whole new range of exciting new models - our job was to
let young, well-heeled Thais know about these cars and also show
that they project the right youthful attitude and lifestyle for a
younger generation - without losing our older legacy base

Solution

In 2014 we executed this in a number of ways:

So we started with re-vamping our social media - making the
content on Facebook/Instagram and You Tube - younger, focused more
on the latest models, more consumer centric content and more
engaging lifestyle content

Part of this was creating a dedicated lifestyle channel - pulse
- with a web site and Facebook covering the latest trends in
technology, creativity and entertainment - key pillars of the brand
that appeal to a younger generation.

Beyond social content we developed social campaigns to bring a
expose a broader online audience to a new face of the brand

These campaigns revealed a new side of Mercedes to our audience,
exposing an exciting range of younger/sportier cars and providing
them with cool incentives to great destinations for them to go and
see/try out the cars for themselves

This link between online and offline is crucial for the
Mercedes. Turning a powerful new image into data/traffic and
importantly sales leads for the brand in an innovative and exciting
way - so ensure every Mercedes event drove not only traffic but
sales leads, online and offline

Results

All of which, drove Mercedes-Benz to have the best ever sales
results in 2014 and beating our competition - increasing sales by
25% in a tough market

Significantly, 20% of these sales could be attributed to
interest from online activity

Ultimately, we showed a youthful side to a 'boring old' brand
without damaging it's pedigree as the best or nothing